Poultry-nest.



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POULTRY-NEST.

Application filed May 17, 1916.

To all whom t may concern:

Beit lrnown that l, CHRIST W. Tnrrrnnsnn, a citizen of the United States, residing at Jefferson City, in the county of Cole and State of Missouri, have invented new and useful Improvements in oultry-Nests, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to poultry nests and has for its principal object to provide a device of this character which is simple and eilicient in its construction and furthermore a device which may easily be cleaned thereby producing a nest which is thoroughly sanitary in every particular.

fr other object of this invention is to provide a device of this character having a novel supporting means and spacing elements whereby the nest may be readily supported upon a wall and in spaced relation to the wall thus preventing the nest from becoming contaminated with the vermin within the poultry house.

Another object of the invention is to provide a device of this character which is so constructed as to readily permit a series of nests to be paclred one within the other and thereby permit convenient transporting of the nests from place to place.

Other objects of the invention will appear' as the specification is read in connection with the accompanying drawings in which Figure l is a side elevation of my device showing the same secured to a wall of a poultry house; Fig. 2 is a top plan view;

is a rear elevation of my device;

\ semi-ovate contour and f ig. is a detail perspective of the spacing einents and eyes.

teferring to the drawings in detail, my invention comprises a body generally indicated as ifi which is substantially semiovate in contour and which is in this instance formed of .foraminous material such e screen or the like. rEhe body A coma flat bottom member 1 which is of to which is secured at its marginal edges the upstanding diverging sides :2. The diverging sides 2 are formed of a single piece of foraminous material which has its lower edge secured to the be tom member by means of a single piece of wire 3 which is woven between the adjacent edges of the bottom and side members whereby the same will be securely held in body formation. The opposite ends of the Dil i 55 side member 2 are overlapped to form a flap or rear side of the body fl, the ends being Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 235, 19t?.

Serial No. 98,118.

secured by means of vertically extending wires 5 which are inter-woven between the mesh of the foraminous material in any suitable manner so that the ends will be securely held in perpendicular position. The upper edges oi' the sides 2 and 4 are reinforced by a rod or rigid piece of wire generally indicated as at B which is substantially U- shaped in formation and which is secured to the upper edge of the body by means of a wire 6 which is spirally wound around the wire B and interwoven between the mesh of the body as is clearly shown in the drawings. rEhe opposite extremities of the wire B terminate at the opposite ends of the flat side 4l and are extended rearwardly for a suitable distance whereupon they are bent upon themselves to provide the loops 7, the

latter being disposed laterally of the flat side as will be hereinafter described. The loops i are then continued upwardly above the upper edge of the body as at 8, the upper extremities thereof being bentl upon themselves to provide the eyes 9. rl`he eyes 9 are arranged in the same vertical plane whereby the nests may be readily supported upon nails or other supporting elements upon the wall of a poultry house.

To further reinforce the body or rather the rear flat side thereof I have provided the upper edge with a longitudinally extending rod l0 which has its opposite extremities extending over the opposite ends of the wire il whereupon they are bent upon themselves to provide the eyes ll, the latter receiving portions of the wire B and passing through the loops 7 lt will thus be seen that the rod l0 serves to hold the opposite ends of the wire B in proper spaced relation and thus hold the body A in semi-ovate formation. T he rod l0 is secured to the upper edge of the Hat side l in a manner similar to the securing of the rod B. l have provided a wire l2 which is spirally trained about the rod 1G and is extended through the mesh of the upper edge of the hat side.

From the foregoing description it will be seen that upon arranging the poultry nest upon the wall of a poultry house as shown in Fig. l, the eyes 9 receive the supporting members while the laterally extending loops 7 engage the wall of the poultry house and thus cause the body to lie in spaced relation to the wall at all times. Thus the poultry nest will not become contaminated with vermin which inhabit the walls of the poultry house. To further prevent the vermin from passing from the wall of the poultry house to the poultry nest, each of the loops 7 is provided with an absorbent material 13 which is saturated with a suitable disinfectant. By forming the sides 2 so as to diverge from their connection with the bottom member, the nest is tapered 'from top to bottornv and thereby permits a second nest to telescopically it therein whereby a number 'of nests may be snugly packed against aocidental disconnection to facilitate the shipping of the same.

It is thought 'from the foregoing taken in connection with the accompanying drawing that the construction and operation of my device is apparent to those skilled in the art without further description, and that minor changes in size, shape and proportion and minor details of construction may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the appended claims.

What I claim is l. A poultry nest comprising a body having a flat side, a reinforcing member secured to the upper edge of the body and compris- .ing a single piece of wire, the ends of which are bent to provide laterally extending loops at the flat side of the body, and then extending upwardly to provide upstanding eyes.

2. A poultry nest comprising a body of substantially semi-ovate formation and including a bottom member, a single piece of material secured to the edge of the bottom member and extending from the same to form the sides of the body, said material having the opposite ends overlapped and bent to form a lat side, and supporting eyes carried by the body.

3. A poultry nest comprising a body having a flat side, a reinforcing member secured to the upper edge of the body and comprising a single piece of wire, the ends of which are bent to provide laterally extending loops at the fiat side of the body and then extending outwardly to provide u3standing eyes, and a rod connecting the ends of the wire and having its opposite ends bent to provide eyes, the last mentioned eyes engaging the terminals of the loops.

ln testimony whereof l aHiX my signature.

CHl-HST W. TRIPPENSEE.

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